SEASON S GREETINGS FROM SAM 600. The Thermaleer No.147

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1 SAM of Australia Newsletter Page 1 Issue No.147 October-December, 018 SEASON S GREETINGS FROM SAM Cox 1/A Texaco Placings at the Cohuna Oldtimer weekend 10th-11th November, 18 nd Phil Eagles, 1st rd February nd & rd P & DARCS CARDINIA 10 am Start Saturday: Classic Aerobatics, Vintage Gliders, Fun Fly, Foam Gliders Sunday: Roy Robinson Trophy Texaco, Duration, March 16th & 17th ECHUCA Saturday: 1/A Texaco, Burford, Duration Sunday: 8.0am General meeting, Texaco, 8 Antique, (Climb & Glide)

2 Page SAM Australia - Victorian Old Timers Association Inc. Committee President Home: Mobile: fryerkd@gmail.com Secretary/Treasurer Public Officer Brian Dowie Home: Mobile: brianflyrc@hotmail.com Committee Member Pat Keeley pekeely@live.com Newsletter Co-Ordinator brianlaughton1957@hotmail.com Vice President Home: Mobile: lynclifford@ex .com.au Contest Director Don Grant Home: Mobile: drgrant@dcsi.net.au Safety Officer coodgiebear@hotmail.com Member Registrar Roger Mitchell The Thermaleer is the official newsletter of SAM of Australia, Victorian R/C Old Timers Association (SAM) Inc. PDF plan from:

3 Page FROM THE PRESIDENT. I would like to thank you all for the expressions of care and support shown to me over this very difficult time. Nick would have liked me still to go to the Alice Springs Masters Games, so I decided to go and win him a Gold medal in Texaco. My Texaco model was the model he laser cut for me. This idea was stuffed up by Mr who ended up with the Gold Medal and who was later heard to say, I usually don t beat the old bastard. Well done Steve. It was a long trip but very worth the effort. FJ5 Electric Glider was a great event to fly in. John Adams was C/D for this high-tech event. You can change models if you wish, the rules are!0min flight time and land on the spot for landing points. Your motor run time is max 0 sec, max height on motor run is 00mtrs. You have on board a height recorder and there is a big point loss if you go over 00mtr, I started of with my Boing 666, rough landing, changed to my 80% Cumulus. There was nobody there who had seen an Old Timer. I got to 00mtrs pretty quick and did about a 9min flight. Everyone was very impressed. Wind was coming up and Steve had a migraine, so I changed to his and mine Radian. I had a 9.58 min flight and landed 1mtr from the button, and I knocked off the Plastic Fantastics. By the way Steve was doing very well with the points when he retired. Kevin Weston, who came second in this event, asked me about the Cumulus, so I said, Would you like a fly? Yes. He caught about three thermals and when he landed asked me if I would sell him the Cumulus. He said he would learn a lot and improve his flying by flying one of these. I will build him one. Some of the IMAC Guys also want kits. The Electric Half A Texaco at Cohuna had 10 entrants and the flyoff time was over 45min. Steve Jenkinson cleaned up with Colin Colyer second. Phil Eagles, in his first time event, got second in Cox Half A Texaco and had some good flights with his 9% Cumulus McCoy. Thanks to all who have made this a good year, have a safe and Merry Christmas see you all at the Roy Rob, Be safe,. CONTEST CO-ORDINATOR S REPORT Don Grant. Due to my absence for most of the year there is not much I can say about this years events. Next year however could be a difficult year as with the present revision of height limits it is hard to say what effect they will have. The highest ceiling available is 1800ft. Anything higher will require additional written justification. We have already been flying above the Echuca clubs previous ceiling of 1000ft which they have re-applied for. So, do we just ignore the ceilings or introduce some method of staying below them. I will be installing a vario in all my Old Timers to see how high I am getting with the current fuel allocations and timed engine runs. Then I will experiment to see what engine runs are needed to stay below various ceiling heights. The easiest solution would be to completely change over to electric motors and install height limiters which can be set to the available ceiling height. This doesn t take into account thermals of course. The question that needs to be answered is, would height limiters without allowing for thermal activity be enough to satisfy CASA? Would telemetry radios that call out altitude be enough. I know varios are banned at the moment but it could be them or nothing. I have been told that 1788 are considering height limiters that apply down elevator to control height. Might be OK for Texaco but a hot Duration model would be another thing entirely. However, Christmas is coming so all the best to you and your families for Christmas and the New Year. Don Grant.

4 Page 4 VALE PAUL LAGAN PAUL LAGAN New Zealand modelling lost one of its prominent members with the passing of Paul Lagan. While best known for his free flight successes, Paul flew in all classes of aeromodelling, representing New Zealand internationally on many occasions, and in 199 was awarded the FAI Alphonse Pernaud Diploma. Not only a dedicated modeller, Paul also served in key administrative roles in the NZMAA. Born in 1941, Paul flew models from an early age with the Christchurch MAC and had a long career with the Air Force as an Avionics Engineer. No matter where his work took him aeromodelling remained an inseparable part of his life. A regular Nationals and South Island competitor his record includes winning the National Champion of Champions award an outstanding eighteen times. Paul commenced International competition in 1965 with proxy flown free flight models and from 1971 travelled to World Championships in Sweden, Spain, USA, Australia, Switzerland and Israel, gaining high places in A glider and Wakefield. He won many individual titles in Trans Tasman competition and represented New Zealand thirty-five times in these events. Moving to the RAAF in Australia from 1980 until 1986 did not limit his modelling activities and success in Australian and International competitions led, in 1989, to Paul being inducted into the Model Aeronautical Association of Australia Hall of Fame. As an administrator it would be difficult to find a position or role that Paul has not filled. Never one to seek the limelight, he saw the real issues and got on with it. By his own admission he was the gnome that got the work done, whether at club or international level. Paul helped with the establishment of two clubs as well as the Free Flight of New Zealand Association. He twice served as president on the South Island MAA and on two separate occasions as NZMAA Secretary. Paul Lagan promoted and fostered participation in many aeromodelling codes, he was a Life Member of the Christchurch MAC and the NZMAA and will be sadly missed by his wide range of friends both local and world-wide.

5 Page 5 The Stebbings Memorial Champ of Champs st Place Event nd Place rd Place Number In Fly Off ROY ROBERTSON 8th JANUARY, CANCELLED ECHUCA 17th-18th March - Re-Scheduled to 1st-nd April 018. ECHUCA 1st-nd April, 018 PROGRESSIVE POINTS I/C 4 1st 8 nd Steve Gullock 5 rd 4th Pat Keely 19 5th 1/A Texaco Pat Keely Steve Jenkinson 1 6th Electric 1/A Texaco Graeme Gulbin Gavin Dunn 5 Robert Taylor 1 7th Duration Pat Keely Robert Taylor Graeme Gulbin 10 8th Electric Duration Gavin Dunn Col Collyer 9 9th Burford Max Heap 6 10th Texaco Robert Taylor 5 Don Grant 5 11th Electric Texaco Gavin Dunn Brian Dowie 1 1th 8 Antique D N F VIC/SA State Champs 5th-6th May, 018 1/A Texaco Max Heap 4 Electric 1/A Texaco Steve Jenkinson Graeme Gulbin 5 Burford Steve Jenkinson Duration Steve Jenkinson Max Heap 7 1st Electric Duration Gavin Dunn Graeme Gulbin 19 nd Texaco Graeme Gulbin Robert Taylor 4 Gavin Dunn 18 rd Electric Texaco Max Heap 4 Max Heap 17 4th 8 Antique Steve Jenkinson Robert Taylor th 9 6th Steve Jenkinson 8 7th Ted Arnup 6 8th BALLARAT 19th-0th May, 018 PROGRESSIVE POINTS ELECTRIC 1/A Texaco Electric 1/A Texaco Graeme Gulbin 6 Colin Collyer 5 9th Duration Steve Gullock 5 9th Electric Duration Peter Miller 1 10th Burford Pat Keely 1 10th Texaco 0 Electric Texaco D N F 8 Antique D N F

6 Page 6 The Stebbing Memorial Champ of Champs 018 continued Event 1st Place nd Place rd Place Number In Fly Off ECHUCA 15th-16th September, 018 ½A Texaco Pat Keely Electric ½A Texaco Graeme Gulbin Ted Arnut Max Heap 6 Duration Pat Keely Max Heap Electric Duration Graeme Gulbin Burford DNF Texaco Electric Texaco Max Heap '8 Antique Robert Taylor DNF COHUNA 10 ½A Texaco 1 th - 11 Electric ½A Texaco Steve Jenkinson th November 018 Phil Eagles Col Collyer 1 Duration Robert Taylor 4 Electric Duration Col Collyer 4 Texaco Col Collyer Pat Keely 7 Electric Texaco Max Heap Gavin Dunn Burford Steve Jenkinson 8 Antique Col Collyer BALLARAT 5 th 1 November 018 1/A Texaco D N F Electric ½A Texaco D N F Climb & Glide Brian Dowie - Texaco Don Grant Electric Texaco D N F 8 Antique D N F

7 Page 7 COHUNA November 10th & 11th 018 Report from. Photos by Graeme Gulbin. Hi Fellas, Well the weather man predicted a pretty good weekend and he didn't disappoint us. The Cohuna field was beautifully presented and the Cohuna boys provided protection from the sun with large shelters. The first event was 1/A Texaco, and electric was flown first with 1 entries. This event is quickly becoming the most popular and has some fierce competition as all 1 flyers got in the flyoff with the winner being Steve Jenkinson flying his ever reliable Stardust scoring 45 min 50 sec and Col Collyer flying his Playboy Jnr coming second scoring 45 min 1 sec and after 45 minutes in the air only 7 seconds separated them. You can see why the comp is so popular and the competition so fierce, this was a great event keep it up boys. Then on to I/C 1/A with only entries. This was nowhere near as exciting as the electric event with new chum Phil Eagles coming in nd flying one of s models and Kevin coming in rd.. Then it was lunch time with dim sims, sausages in bread, hamburgers with the lot and Joy Taylor's fruit cake to die for. Thank you Joy and all those that give us such good grub. As I have said before I don't know if we go to Cohuna for the flying or the food or maybe we just indulge ourselves in both. After lunch we flew Duration this also had 1 entries and good weather, but some carnage with Steve Jenkinson's RC1 screaming off the ground straight into a loop and buried itself just behind the pits. Then Max Heap had some control trouble with his Bomber and folded his wings on the way up. When he retrieved his model even the engine was smashed to pieces. Pat Keely and Brendon Taylor had radio problems and withdrew. Eventually Rob Taylor was nd to me with Lynn Clifford in rd place. Then electric Duration with 5 entries, 4 got in the flyoff. My luck was still holding out as I got 1st place, nd and Col Collyer rd. All three of us come from the VARMS club in Melbourne. End of day one. Day dawned as forecast, calm air but hidh temperatures. First event was Texaco, both I/C and electric. There was only in electric so this was run at the same time as I/C which had 10 entries. Again bad luck for Steve Jenkinson losing his model down wind out of control but was found a little later by Gavin Dunn using his drone over the last area the model was seen. Rob Taylor had engine trouble which forced him to retire. This event was won by Col Collyer flying his Bomber with an OS diesel up front, nd was and rd was Steve Gullock. Then lunch again with fantastic food. Next event was 8 Antique with 6 entries. Again Mr Thermal Hunter Col Collyer won this with his OK powered Flamingo. Haven't seen one of those around for awhile. nd with his Forster 99 powered Cumulus was and rd was Steve Gullock with his new engine, the DC Wildcat, powering his Stickalic. Unfortunately, Don Grant lost rudder control on his RC1 but with great skill managed to get it back to earth undamaged but landing out. Great flying Don. Last event of the weekend was Burford. Unfortunately, the heat was starting to get the better of us and only people put their hand up to fly so it was decided to make it one flight, best time, the winner. Sadly, Steve Gullock s Stardust some how got out of control on the climb and folded its wings under power. This must have been the worst air of the day because won with a time of min 5 sec, 6 seconds ahead of Steve Jenkinson. Even in non -thermal air a 5 minute max is easily achievable so this air must have been all DOWN. So completes another fantastic Cohuna comp thanks to the all the Cohuna boys for all their great effort and thanks to Don Grant for running a great comp.. Texaco Placings rd, 1st Col Collyer and nd Pat Keeley

8 Page 8 COHUNA 10th-11th November 018 Results from the Contest Director for Electric Power 1/A ELECTRIC TEXACO Name Model Engine Sec/cc Rd 1 Rd Rd Rd 4 F/O TOTAL 1 Steve Jenkinson StardustSpecial Col Collyer Playboy Junior Stardust Special Albatross Graeme Gulbin Stardust Special Gavin Dunn Stardust Special DC Diamond Stardust Special DNF Ted Arnup Stardust Special Phil Miller Fox L/O Max Heap Stardust Special L/O Pat Keely Stardust Special 400 L/O 1000 Rd 1 Rd F/O TOTAL L/O 100 L/O 100 F/O TOTAL ELECTRIC TEXACO Name Model Engine CC/sec 1 Max Heap Bomber Gavin Dunn Lanzo Racer 548 Bomber Rd 1 Rd Rd Rd 4 ELECTRIC DURATION Name Model Engine CC/Sec Rd Rd 4 1 New Ruler Cumulus Col Collyer E.S. Gas Champ Gavin Dunn Bomber DNF Graeme Gulbin Playboy Electric Texaco Placings rd, 1st Max Heap and nd Gavin Dunn 67

9 Page 9 COHUNA 10th-11th November 018 Results from the Contest Director for IC Engines 1/A TEXACO Name Model Engine CC/Sec Rd 1 Rd Rd Rd 4 F/O TOTAL 1 Albatross Cox Phil Eagles Challenger Cox Cumulus Cox Rd 1 Rd 67 BURFORD Name Model Engine CC/Sec Rd Rd 4 F/O TOTAL 1 Spacer P/B Steve Jenkinson Dixielander B/B Stardust B/B 8 F/O TOTAL DURATION Name Model Engine CC/Sec Rd 1 Rd Rd Rd 4 1 Playboy Thunder Tiger Robert Taylor Cumulus YS Cumulus YS Col Collyer Stardust Special Dubjet Playboy McCoy 60 Spk Don Grant Playboy YS Phil Eagles Cumulus McCoy 60 Spk Bomber Enya Robert Taylor Cumulus YS 6 8 OUT 10 Pat Keely Bomber OS OUT Max Heap Bomber GMS 5 OUT 1 Steve Jenkinson RC 1 ASP 40 5 OUT TEXACO Name Model Engine CC/Sec Rd 1 Rd Rd Rd 4 F/O TOTAL 1 Col Collyer Bomber OS 46D Pat Keely Airborne OS % Bomber Enya Cumulus Foster 99 Spk Don Grant Bomber Anderson Spitfire Spk Bomber OS Lanzo Racer ASP Graeme Gulbin Bomber OS Steve Jenkinson Bomber ASP 18 F/A 10 Robert Taylor Cumulus OS ANTIQUE Name Model Engine CC/Sec Rd 1 Rd Rd Rd 4 F/O TOTAL 1 Col Collyer Flamingo OK Cumulus Fostert Stick DC Wildcat Robert Taylor RC 1 Atwood Don Grant RC 1 Anderson Spitfire 6 L/out 6 RC 1 Super DNF

10 Page 10 Electric 1/A Placings 1st Steve Jenkinson nd Col Collyer and rd. Col Collyer coming in to land after electric Duration fly-off. Steve Jenkinson has his Dixielander launched by Robert Taylor. Don Grant and doing some fine tuning before Texaco. Col Collyer s Flamingo 8 Antique winner. Texaco winner Col Collyer and his Lanzo and OS46 complete with a Davis Diesel head. Pat Keeley nd place Texaco with his Airborne.

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13 Page 1 Sunspot 11 6lbs converted to electric. cell set up and about 450 watts gives a spirited climb out. Glides forever. C of G on 50% at the moment. Not the most enjoyable build given the designer s obsession with weight. Very fragile building. Full-size PDF Plan available from: From SAMTalk Well guys, my beloved, perfectly flying at last, Satellite 788, with 1 1/4 ozs of 60% in the pacifier, at Palm Bay, was launched with my thumb slipping off the starter lever and climbed for about a minute, (not sure what terminal velocity is for this baby) OOS into the blue, heading NNW 5 degrees. Wind was 1 mph. Headed towards the ocean only 8 miles away. Searched all of SE Florida for 5 days and no signal. Be nice if someone found it. I'm now at peace with this. I guess I'll just fly my Gollywock and towline gliders for awhile. Merry Christmas to all! Thermals! Dick Bertrand.

14 Page 14 BALLARAT OLDTIMER WEEKEND Report from CD Don Grant Photos by Kevin Howard via Graeme Gulbin. The day was rather cold with a little light drizzle to start and a gusty wind. A poor attendance from SAM members with only five turning up. Graeme Gulbin was a notable absence because of an operation to have a stent placed in his groin. I visited him after the comp and he is getting on well after the operation. The day started with an hour of climb and glide which was tackled enthusiastically by the Ballarat flyers with Dave Sampson managing to complete eight flights. Danny Missen flew a light weight very well built electric Bomber I would guess about 75% and had the best flight of the day with a time of twenty minutes nine seconds. Followed by Kevin Howard with eleven minutes thirteen seconds but then the throttle arm on his OS 5 broke and his day was finished. Steve Gullock managed six flights to come in third. Texaco was flown next in the hope that the wind might abate enough for 1/A later. Three of the five entrants made the flyoff with Don Grant first, Steve Gullock second and Dave Sampson third. was using a Fleetwing 60 motor which proved to be rather uneconomical and he failed to make the flyoff. Only two 1/A flyers were willing to brave the increasing wind so that class was abandoned and we retired to the shed for the prize giving. Don Grant. Above: presenting plaque to Dave Sampson, rd Texaco. Below: presenting plaque to Don Grant, 1st Texaco. Climb & Glide Placings nd Kevin Howard 1st Danny Missen rd. Above: Don Grant s Texaco winning Bomber on final approach. Left: presenting plaque to nd Texaco.

15 Page 15 Texaco Placings nd, 1st Don Grant and rd Dave Sampson with some damage. BALLARAT 5th November 018 Results from the Contest Director for IC Engines TEXACO Name Model Engine CC/sec Rd 1 Rd Rd Rd 4 F/O TOTAL 1 Don Grant Lanzo Bomber Anderson Spitfire Lanzo Bomber Enya Dave Sampson Lanzo Bomber OS Cumulus Fleetwing Dave Missen Lanzo Racer Enya Out 971 CLIMB & GLIDE Name Model Engine CC/Sec Rd 1 Rd Rd Danny Missen Lanzo Bomber Electric Kevin Howard Dallaire Enya Lanzo Bomber Enya Lanzo Bomber Electric Dave Sampson Playboy OS Brian Dowie Stardust Special Electric Rd 4 F/O TOTAL

16 Page 16 FOR OLD TIMER S SAKE. By Don Howie. SIMPLE FREE FLIGHT. I suspect most people know the A.M.A. Delta Dart rubber model, designed by Frank Ehling and produced by Midwest Products in the U.S.A., to give to beginners. Maris Dislers recently took a dozen or so to Mongolia when he travelled with wife Jill on the Trans Siberian Railway to Russia etc. The models were built there and flown by young students. The model goes very well and Maris made an enlarged version (of a sort) for the F/F Abomination Event at the recent Cowra Oily Hand weekend. It was powered with a Cox.049 reed valve glo engine with separate fuel tank, turning a 7x4 Taipan prop. Engine run was 8 or 9 minutes and in the contest, he managed a flight of about 1½ minutes under the calm conditions on the Sunday morning. The model is built from square balsa (no airfoil), covered with laminating film, red dayglow paint added and flashing lights. Now he has won x Schlosser 0.5cc BB diesels (last years), he is now banned from flying in the comp again. Maris recently designed a simple 0 inch span F/F model he has named Presto, the object for it to be a free plan in Aero Modeller magazine in the future. Maris Dislers enlarged F/F Delta Dart won Abomination F/F event at Oily Hand weekend, Cowra, August, 018 with 1½ minute flight. The wing is constructed from 1/4 inch square balsa, the tailplane from /16 inch square balsa, and the fuselage cut from /8 x 1 inch balsa. I built mine from measurements, no need for a full size plan, and I made the fuselage inches shorter. I also curved the tips of the wing and tail. It was designed for 1/ cc diesels (or smaller) and the old 1/A (0.8 cc) glo engines from the late forties and early nineteen fifties. The pylon is glued to the wing and this can be slid along the fuselage to get the CofG right. The model is covered (wing and tail) with laminating film and I have doped on strips of coloured tissue. Large, sponge wheels added for easy take offs and landings.. Maris has fitted the new SAM 5 diesel, that is 0 5 cc and was recently tested by him for Aero Modeller. I am using an Arne Hende replica of the 195 ELFIN 50 diesel that was slightly modified with a gasket under the cylinder, so that it runs nicely on a 7x Master Airscrew prop. Maris Dislers in Western Parklands of Adelaide with his 0 Presto design powered by a SAM 5 Diesel.5cc by Red Fin which was recently tested by Maris in Aeromodeller. Both models were flown at the Oily Hand Weekend (Cowra) and they are very stable to fly with a slight amount of left rudder. Not having an airfoil section (but plenty of incidence) means that the glide is quite poor, so one can have a fairly long engine run, under calm conditions. The engines we are using are very expensive to buy these days, but an old OK Cub 0.49 or Anderson Spitzy etc. is cheaper. VARIOUS EVENTS. We try to have contests each month at Willunga Vintage Modellers Club, this being after the Club Meeting on the last Thursday of the month, as we are all retired flyers. We usually get up to 8 flyers (including electric models) and the results of a ½A Texaco event is shown in the photo. As we have to limit height at the field, we hold the model for 1 minute before releasing, then deduct one minute from the time on the stop watch. Don Howie with 0 span modified Presto design by Maris Dislers powered by Arne Hende replica Elfin 50 diesel. It was interesting that in the event of rounds with to count, we still had flyers with two 7 minute maxes. Bill Britcher elected not to do a flyoff so Ray Bobrige won the event with a Kerswap. It was good to see different model types. Latest Texaco model from Rex Brown is his 89 inch span (full size) 197 Jasco Flamingo and he has used left over covering (iron-on) for his new model. I find the transparent Orange covering from Hobby King, works well and is low cost. The engine fitted is an ASP 40 glo converted to diesel by Geoff Potter and Rex has fitted a small ENYA throttle etc. Our most recent event in October 018 (after the Club meeting) was cc Duration with 8 entries ( electric) and this started at 1.0pm under calm The Presto is a great flying model. Glide is poor so you never lose it.

17 Page 17 conditions. Rex Brown with his Jumping Bean with Taipan Tyro 1.9cc diesel, got a 5 minute max on the first round, along with Chris Britcher flying an RC-ONE with Cipolla 1.5cc glo. Chris got another five minute max on his second round, but shortly after this the wind became very strong, blowing two models out to the sea, one being the Crescendo by Ray Bobrige. Rex Brown managed to land on the beach but a long way from launch. At the time of writing Rex had not found his model. INTERESTING ENGINES. I have owned several Ohlsson (later O&R ) sideport spark engines, but could never get much power out of them. This latest one has a new gasket fitted by the late George Tallent and is shown running by Bill Britcher on petrol/oil mix. It turned a 10x4 Rev-Up wood prop at 55,800 revs, which I think is rather poor performance. I suspect back-in 198, when they were first released, this may be reasonable performance. The front rotary models from 1948 are excellent runners. Another engine Bill Britcher tested recently was the RCV 58 CD four stroke glo engine made in England in the nineteen eighties. He could not get this cylinder rotating engine to run until the timing was adjusted and the carb needle also adjusted. It is shown running on a 1½x6 Bolly Clubman at 7, revs, do not run them on small props. Rex Brown at Willunga Vintage modellers field S.A. with his 89 span 197 Jasco Flamingo with multiple left over iron-on covering. ASP 40 Glo converted by Geoff Potter to diesel with small Enya carburettor in Rex Brown s Flamingo. Winners at recent ½A Texaco Event at Willunga Vintage Modellers Club, Cox.049 reed valve engines L to R: rd place Rex Brown with his RC-ONE, 1st place Ray Bobrige with his Kerswap and nd place Bill Britcher with his Stardust Special O&R sideport spark engine running at Bill Britcher s home. Rotary cylinder 4 stroke RCV 58 CD running at Bill Britcher s home.

18 Page 18 71st MAAA National Model Aircraft Championships - West Wyalong 019 The New South Wales Free Flight Society in conjunction with the host club, the West Wyalong Model Aero Club, are pleased to host the 71st National Model Aircraft Championships. Other bodies proud to be associated with the 71st National Championships include the New South Wales Free Flight Club and the Coogee/Bronte Aero Technicians Society, Victorian Miniature Pylon Racing Association, NSW Scale Aircraft Association, NSW Pattern Flyers Inc, Control Line Aircraft Society and Society of Antique Modellers. The 71st National Championships will feature more than 84 events across eight days at five sites situated within 15 minutes of West Wyalong from 4 April to 1 May 019. From aerobatics to graceful gliders, replica scale models to exciting control line combat, the Championships will have something for everyone, from novice flyers to the most experienced. The Championships are a fantastic opportunity for people to learn more about the sport. The 019 event will showcase the best in Radio Control, Control Line, Free Flight and Indoor flying. Don t miss the opportunity to take part in this exciting event, experience the ultimate in competition and the thrill of flying. Take a look at our program at: or register to fly at the 71st National Model Aircraft Championships now at: Come and see the best model aircraft in action and enjoy a spectacular day out with the family.

19 Alice Master Games Page 19 Report Steve Gullock and Graeme Gulbin, photos from by Jeff Tanner via Graeme Gulbin. 1th 0th October, 018. (7 Days) To Alice and Back. The trip starts for me after Eastern States Gas Champs at Wangaratta. Hay, NSW, was my first overnight stop. I camped at a free camp near the river. I was surprised to meet up with Joe and Liz, they had a model shop in Ballarat for 0 years, and then I went to Barossa Valley, S.A. I went and checked out the Barossa Valley Flying Field, and it is a very good flying field. I then continued on to Arno Bay to meet Rod Carrick and family. At this point I got to fly Rod s very large Kerswap (Electric, 5 cell Battery Pack). I then travelled to Port Augusta, filled up with fuel and had 1000kms to get to Alice Springs. With long straight roads and no travelling at night I arrived at Alice in the evening and went straight to the flying field. The field had a bitumen take off strip. There was a Friday night BBQ at the field and we all got wet when the rain pelted down with cold wind. This was the first rain in 156 days (they even had to light a fire!) Next day I practiced F5J Electric Glider with my Radian to find the thermals. arrived a day later. We registered for the games, got our bags and went back to the field and then got organised for the Opening Ceremony. The Opening Ceremony was great, we got to march into the oval. There were cameras everywhere. They had a big screen on stage which showed different people and their sports. As this was the first comp for aero models we tried to get organized, but the wind affected old timer models comp was moved to the evenings so F5J was the first event. I had a good time flying in this event for two days. The IMAC was flown during the day and the Old Timers were in the evening. We therefore got all the events down. The events run were ½A Electric Texaco, Burford, Texaco and Duration. Two interesting celebrities were Daryl Sommers (from the Hey Hey it s Saturday TV Show) and Dawn Fraser (Olympian). Daryl was very interesting to talk to and actually had a fly of a model. My Auntie Glad Gullock (90 years old) ran in a 90 metre sprint and won, her time was 15 seconds. She then run the mile and won that as well. Then it was on to bowls and she scored a silver and bronze medal. The presentation night was on the take-off strip. Lots of tables and lights were set up. The main meal was eaten and while waiting for desert, an electrical storm came through with heaps of cold rain. Everybody ran for cover. Presentations were then moved to a covered area, and lots of photos of the winners were taken. The Closing Ceremony for the Masters Games was held on Saturday night. All in all it was a great experience and a wonderful week. I would love to go back in 00.. Top: Graeme Cook timing for Steven Gullock in glider. Middle: L to R Ken Dunn, Alice Springs,, and Woody, Alice Spring. Above: and Graeme Cook talking tactics. Left: Texaco Winners L to R CD John Adams, nd, 1st, rd Max Newcombe & MAAA Sec. Kevin Dodds

20 Page 0 Jay Burkart and his Super Sinbad on 1970's vintage SOAR winch at Muncie 018 SAM Champs. From Trevor Boundy SAM_Web@antiquemodeler.org Hi All, I have been working solidly on the SAM webpage putting up Tandy Walkers multiple project documentation, it's compulsive and extremely detailed (may be tedious), but has some interesting stuff in my view, and you may find it interesting. Includes documented construction of:cleveland Playboy Senior, 80 inch, Electric Powered 850 sq. inch 8.8" Electric, New Cyclone Lancer 67 sq. 7inch, inch McCoy 60 powered, Comet Sailplane Cheers Trev From Mike Myers mikemyersgln@charter.net Jim Walston had to give up his free flight tracker business due to health problems. The business was assumed by WMI Model Aeronautics. They had a booth at the AMA Expo in Pomona, CA last weekend. If you need a new Walston system or need additional or replacement transmitter bugs, you can contact WMI as follows: URL: or mikec@caretrak.com WMI Model Aeronautics 10 Walnut Street Murphysboro IL (toll free) (fax) Cheers, Mike Myers TRlVlA Workers In Which Of These NonNuclear Industries Are Classified As Radiation Workers By The CDC? Asphalt Production Banana Packing Port Inspection Airlines Answer

21 Page 1 Every time you board an airplane and take to the friendly skies for business or pleasure, you re exposed to a tiny, tiny dose of cosmic radiation at a higher level than you would be exposed to down on the ground. For the average traveler or even a jet-set business person flying from coast to coast every week for work, the yearly exposure is trivial and nothing to worry about. Answer: Airlines For workers in the airline industry, however, especially the air crews that man the vast fleets of planes in the air at any given moment, the exposure is more significant. In fact, the yearly exposure for a pilot, flight attendant, or other crew member is so high that not only does the Center for Disease Control classify airline crews as radiation workers due to the level of exposure, but among all radiation workers in the U.S., air crews get the highest annual dosage. There is, however, a silver lining to this otherwise (seemingly) shocking fact. Even though air crews are exposed to the highest occupational levels of radiation, this is largely due to the fact that industry regulations are so stringent that even people who work with radioactive materials on a daily basis are exposed to an incredibly small amount of radiation. As a related and relevant fact, for example, Grand Central Station in New York City has higher levels of radiation present (because of the slightly radioactive granite the station is constructed from) than would be permissible at a nuclear power plant.

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27 Engine cleaning Page 7 from Bill Wells and Sticks & Tissue. Using simple and cheap tools I recently cleaned a Blue Bird engine. I appreciate that not everyone has an unlimited selection of elaborate cleaning equipment so here are just a few tips that keep cleaning costs down. I realise that this engine may not be the sort of engine you might want to tidy up and put back into service but cleaning is cleaning. My most useful tools are, cotton buds, an old turkey roasting tray, scalpel, small scissors, awl, rubber gloves, paper hankies, a very small jam jar and a large jam jar with a big top (honey jar). A battery terminal puller is very handy and the one as shown is available at a Mart that sell Machines for 8-9! An old tooth brush that does not melt in cellulose thinners. Brushes that look like extra large toothbrushes with steel, brass, and plastic bristles are available in threes at most Pound Shops. Another very cheap and useful tool that usually sells for about is a small ratchet lever that comes with a few screwdriver and socket attachments. A Compass Cutter is invaluable for cutting out gaskets. Standard cellulose thinners available at car finishing shops for about 8 a gallon is used to dissolve caked on castor oil. This engine was so dirty I had to use washing up liquid and water to get the worst of the dirt off. Remember if an engine is caked in dirt DO NOT turn it over because if there is a small bit of grit in the wrong place you will ruin the engine. If an engine is locked solid do not turn it with brute force. If seized up but clean use a bit of fuel to lubricate the engine especially behind the prop drive and with a propeller gently rock the crank do not force things if it doesn t move. If that does not work remove all plastic parts, rubber grommets, parts with decorative painted surfaces but especially the back plate and soak overnight in thinners that should loosen things up. WARNING, some small engines have ball joint little ends, if the piston is seized in the cylinder you will pull the ball out of the piston if you turn the crankshaft to pull the piston down. Wear Eye Protection especially when using solvents. Thin rubber gloves are a good idea but they expand and break easily if exposed to large quantities of solvents. To avoid skin contact with the solvent use a small pair of pliers or tweezers to pick the engine parts out of the solvent. Dry the parts on a paper hankie in this way the gloves will not perish quite so quickly. There is a VERY SEVERE RISK OF FIRE WHEN USING CELLULOSE THINNERS. THE THINNERS IS TOXIC AVOID BREATHING IN OR USE IN A CONFINED SPACE. Castor oil congeals around screw threads and makes them almost impossible to move in severe cases the use of an oven heated at 150 C for 15 minutes can be helpful but ensure there are no plastic parts or surface finishes that could be damaged before you try this. In a lot of cases head screws can be removed by LIGHT taps from a small hammer onto a ratchet lever screw driver while applying anti clock wise pressure. Be very careful to use only well fitting bits especially on cross head screws. A three ounce blow from a hammer puts about 15lbs per square inch on a 1/8 inch screw. Lots of light taps with a small hammer are all that is required. The reason this works is the taps momentarily jar the threads away from their locked surfaces while the sideways pressure allows the screw to release. With small screws very light rapid tapping and only a modest amount of anti clockwise pressure while making sure the screw driver tip does not slip off the screw head should work. If this doesn t try heating up in an oven and use thick leather gardening gloves when handling the engine. Cotton buds dipped in thinners are invaluable to get into corners as are small toothbrushes but make sure you use some sort of eye protection. You do not want thinners flicked into your eyes. When pulling off a propeller drive

28 Page 8 make sure the drive is not damaged by taping the ends of the puller. Use a nut of the same thread as the prop shaft on the end of the shaft to reduce the risk of damage to the shaft threads when applying the puller. The compass cutter normally comes with two scales the upper one measures the diameter while the lower one is used to set the radius. It does not seem to matter how careful you set the cutter the hole never seems to be quite the right diameter. Trust me always cut a hole in a scrap piece of paper to check and then adjust the size before cutting into that precious gasket material!! There is a shop in most big towns that gives away cutting boards with tear off pages which ensure a clean fresh surface each time you cut something out. R-Gus ever-renewable cutting surfaces are ideal for all small cutting jobs and particularly good for compass cutting. No doubt other people do things other ways so why not write in with your tips. I have been told of various cleaning methods, which no doubt work, but some, to my way of thinking are down right dangerous and not worth the risk. As already mentioned cellulose thinners is very dangerous stuff it presents a severe fire risk and is toxic so do be very careful when using it. A lot of engines are damaged by being taken apart needlessly. In this case things were so contaminated I had no option. The engine had been very badly treated it had laid perhaps on its left side in damp conditions for a very long while. Although it came with a box and papers everything was in a mess and the whole lot covered in dirt. There had been a considerable amount of dampness on the right side of the engine causing pitting. On the positive side it was bought for 7-08 (one of two engines bought together at an auction) it came with an OS silencer and now runs very well, so the effort to clean it was worthwhile!! Assemble engines in a dust free and clean area and please use a little oil on the moving surfaces!! Store cleaned engines in a clean plastic bag to keep the dirt and grit away from them.

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30 SHORT ONES. After my wife died, I couldn't even look at another woman for 10 years. But now that I'm out of jail, I can honestly say it was worth it. Got an today from a "bored housewife, looking for some action!" I've sent her my ironing, that'll keep her busy. The wife's been hinting she want's something black and lacy for her birthday. So I've got her a pair of football boots. Growing up with a dyslexic father had its advantages. Whenever he caught me swearing, he used to wash my mouth out with soup. My wife asked if she could have a little peace and quiet while she cooked the dinner, so I took the batteries out of the smoke alarm. Anyone got an owner s manual for a wife? Mine's giving off a terrible whining noise! My wife apologised for the first time ever today. She said she's sorry she ever married me My wife said I needed to be more in touch with my feminine side, so I crashed the car, burnt the dinner and ignored her all day for no reason. Scientists have discovered a certain food that diminishes a woman's sex drive by 90 percent. It's called wedding cake. Things turned really ugly at my house last night. The wife removed her make up. My wife shouted at me this morning for not opening the car door for her. I would have, but I was too busy swimming to the surface. After being married for OVER FIFTY years, my wife asked me to describe her. I looked at her for a while, then said, "You're an alphabet wife: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K." She asked, "What the hell does that mean?" He said, Adorable, Beautiful, Cute, Delightful, Elegant, Foxy, Gorgeous, and Hot." She smiled happily and said, "Oh, that's so lovely; but what about I, J, K? I said, "I'm Just Kidding!" The swelling in my eye is going down and the doctor is cautiously optimistic about saving my testicles. Other than that I am O K. Page 0 This actually happened to an Englishman, in France, who was totally drunk. A French policeman stops the Englishman's car and asks if he has been drinking. With great difficulty, the Englishman admits that he has been drinking all day, that his daughter got married that morning, and that he drank champagne and a few bottles of wine at the reception, and many single malt scotches thereafter. Quite upset, the policeman proceeds to breath test the Englishman and verifies that he is indeed completely hammered. He asks the Englishman if he knows why, under French law, he is going to be arrested. The Englishman answers with a bit of humour, "No sir, I do not! But while we're asking questions, do you realize that this is a British car and my wife is driving.... on the other side.

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32 Contest Calendar 019 SAM Australia Victorian Old Timers Association Inc. 19 Cunningham Drive Endeavour Hills Vic 80 Contests commence at 9 am, unless otherwise stated. The 017 MAAA Rules apply Climb & Glide in brackets will be flown only if time permits The CD for all SAM events will be nominated on the day of the event General Meeting Echuca 8.0am March 17th / AGM Echuca 8.0am September th All 1/A, Duration &Texaco events will have the electric equivalent (except State Champs & Nats) February nd & rd P & DARCS CARDINIA 10 am Start Saturday: Classic Aerobatics, Vintage Gliders, Fun Fly, Foam Gliders Sunday: Roy Robinson Trophy Texaco, Duration, March 16th & 17th ECHUCA Saturday: 1/A Texaco, Burford, Duration Sunday: 8.0am General meeting, Texaco, 8 Antique, (Climb & Glide) April 17th nd Easter CANOWINDRA April 4th - May1st SAM Champs Down Under SAM 1788 Competition 71st AUSTRALIAN NATIONALS West Wyalong N S W 5th ½ A Texaco ---- Standard duration 6th Anzac Day---- Duration 7th Scramble ----Texaco 8th Burford ---- Nostalgia 9th CC Antique 0th Old Time Glider May 4th & 5th COHUNA Vic / SA Champs Saturday: 1/A Texaco, Duration, Burford Sunday: Texaco, 8 Antique May 18th & 19th BALLARAT Saturday: 1/A Texaco, Duration, Burford Sunday: Texaco, 8 Antique, Climb & Glide September 1st-nd ECHUCA Saturday: 1/A Texaco, Duration, Burford Sunday: 8.0 am AGM meeting, Texaco, 8 Antique, (Climb & Glide) October 5th & 6th WANGARATTA Eastern State Gas Champs SAM1788 Contest November 9th & 10th COHUNA Saturday: Sunday: November 4th BALLARAT 1/A Texaco, Climb & Glide, Texaco 1/A Texaco, Duration, Burford Texaco, 8 Antique { Climb & Glide }